John Murray:
CLASS OF 1963
South Gate High SchoolClass of 1963
South gate, CA
San Diego State University - BusinessClass of 1973
San diego, CA
East Elementary SchoolClass of 1957
East liverpool, OH
Middleton Elementary SchoolClass of 1957
Huntington park, CA
Lincoln Elementary SchoolClass of 1957
Lynwood, CA
John's Story
I was a pretty lost and confused kid in high school. I wasn't a good student and the only thing that kept me there besides my mom and dad was participation in gymnastics.
After graduation I got a job and found out what hard work was like. I got too far into drinking and wrecked my first car a 56 chevy by slamming it into a light pole on the Hollywood Freeway. It was a miracle that the three of got out of the car. It didn'd phase me much and I think the thing that saved my life was the news that I was going to drafted in 1965. I went in the military and served 13 months in country Viet Nam in DaNang and Chu Lai. Back in the states I got stationed on a destroyer and went back over in 68. When I got out of the militatary I had learned that you needed and education to go any where in the world so I went back to school. Graduation from San Diego State in 1974. I went to work for Armstrong as a carpet salesman and for the first time in our lives Dixie and I had a little money. I got further into parying and drinking. Left Armstrong and went to work for Honeywell in 1977. Got a drunk driving ticket in 1978. Probably should have died the night I got the ticket but was spared once again. I...Expand for more
n 1980 my wife Dixie and I went on a Marriage Encounter weekend. I thought it might do her some good. That weekend changed our lives forever. God drew us to His heart and we both accepted Jesus as our Savior in August 1980. We got involved in putting on Marriage Encounter weekends and also got involved in a local church in La Mirada Ca. In 1983 we went back to our beloved San Diego to start a branch of the business we haad started in 1979. We built a successful business and in 1999 we sold it. We moved to Palm Springs and lived there for almost 5 years. We moved to Green Valley AZ in 2005 and we really like it here in the Sonoran Desert of southern AZ. We are helping to start a new church as lay people and that keeps us pretty busy. This last point will probably be unbelievable to anyone who knew me in high school but a few Sundays ago I gave the message on Sunday. I'm not a preacher but God has done amazing things in my life and I will be eternally grateful to Him. Update May 2018. My high school sweetheart, Dixie is suffering from Alzheimer's. She is about 4 years in to it and the state of her health is declining. We will miss seeing all of you at the reunion. God bless you all.
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